ANALYSYS OF THE MOVEMENT OF AN EXCAVATOR'S ARM/HANDLE ASSEMBLY USING A DRONE TO OPTIMIZE THE DIGGING PROCESS

In the case of technological construction equipment used for earth excavation, such as the excavator, productivity is dependent on the cycle time.The working cycle time is dependent on the movements of the arm/handle assembly in the digging process.The older generation machines are not equipped with systems for monitoring the movements of the arm-handle assembly and for this situation we have developed the solution presented in this paper.The research presents a solution to analyse the excavator arm trajectory using a drone and a specialized software used in trajectory analysis.The analysis of the movements of the arm-handler assembly allows the choice of optimal digging trajectories.The optimization of the trajectory in the earth excavation process increases the excavator's productivity and contributes to the reduction of fuel consumption with a positive effect on the reduction of greenhouse gases in the excavation process.